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Tuesday 22 May 2018

Polish sailing ships: Dar Młodzieży - interesting facts

Today at school I thought about which sailing ship to write about - Fryderyk Chopin, Zawisza Czarny, Kapitan Borchardt, Pogoria or another ship. However, I think only one short post about Dar Pomorza and Dar Młodzieży aren't enough to describe the two most known Polish ships. 
If my posts "Polish sailing ships:"  interest you, you need to see those ships in front of your eyes. Dar Pomorza (this means Pomerania Gift) always stays in Gdynia in front of the glamorous pier. One hundred metres along pier often stays Dar Młodzieży (it has only three or four voyages in year). 
One of firsts journeys Dar Młodzieży's was to Osaka in 1983. It started on 22nd July. During journey winds didn't help to the Polish ship, but in finals days wind changed and crew could set all sails. So Dar Młodzieży under all sails came to Osaka. The effect was that 200 000 people visited ship in only 12 days. 
In Operation Sail '86 Dar stayed 4 days in Newcastle. During that time the ship was visited by scads of men and they hailed it as the most beautiful ship. 
In 1988 it was invited to the reunion of sailing ships in Australia. Decision was taken that journey was be around the world. The most known thing of that journey was came to Sydney under all sails and sailed under bridge in Sydney. During this passage Dar Młodzieży passed out the longest route (1241 miles) under sail without pause. In reward it got the award "Boston Tea Pot".
In Osaka Sail '97 (whole voyage is 28.12.1996 - 20.08.1997) Dar Młodzieży took first place in tall ships class A. It left behind stern many known ships.
In every year Dar Młodzieży takes part in The Tall Ships' Races and always gets good places (generally 1st, 2nd or 3rd place). In 2013 it was acting a represant ship in the final of Regatta.

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